5 hour ENERGY Yummification Contest Results‏

A while back, I posted about the 5 hour ENERGY Yummification Contest, and I shared a recipe for 5 hour Lemonade.

5-hour Lemonade Drink

Other people around the country also shared their 5 hour ENERGY recipes and entered them in the Yummification Contest.  The results are in!

Here’s the list of winners:

First Place ($50,000 prize): “Pomelimelade” by Tim Merlau, Los Angeles, CA.  This winning submission mixes a Pomegranate 5-hour ENERGY® shot with limeade, and then takes us on a musical journey through all that can be accomplished over several hours (spoiler alert: it’s a lot).

Pomelimelade Recipe 1 glass Limeade and 1 shot of Pomegranate 5-hour ENERGY®

Second Place ($30,000 prize): “Ramalamadingdong” by Mark Golembeski, Los Angeles, CA.  The second place video helps us turn that 2:30 feeling frown upside down by mixing a 5-hour ENERGY® shot with lemonade. This video has it all: a clown, a puppy, a guy in a tutu, and much more.

Ramalamadingdong Recipe  – 1 glass Lemonade  and  1 shot of Berry 5-hour ENERGY®

Third Place ($10,000 prize): “Arnold Power” by Zac Sheorn, Lugoff, SC.  The third place winner reminds us that you don’t have to be good at sports, but mixing a Pink Lemonade 5-hour ENERGY® shot with decaffeinated iced tea helps keep you refreshed while practicing. And practicing.

Arnold Power Recipe“-  1 glass Decaf Iced Tea and 1 shot of Pink Lemonade 5-hour ENERGY®

You can now check out the winners and their award winning photos, videos, and recipes on the Yummification Contest page.

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Disclosure: I received samples and compensation for this post. The opinions are my own.

Shopping for a Good Cause: Breast Cancer Awareness

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It’s October, which means a lot of people and places will Go Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Will you?

For me, the easiest way to go pink is to buy Breast Cancer Awareness merchandise.  I especially like to buy apparel, because the money you spend on the products will support Breast Cancer Awareness, and then you can give further support by wearing what you bought.  And with the weather finally feeling fallish, I’m wanting to buy some new clothes anyway, so why not shop and make a difference in support a good cause?

Go Pink Sweatshirt

The Breast Cancer Site Store offers stylish items to help you show your support.  This includes great apparel like the sweatshirt above, but also includes pink ribbon jewelry and gifts.  I found a lot of great shirts and shoes that I’d love to wear.  And there are so many cute bracelets and necklaces to wear or give as gifts. [Read more…]

Essio Giveaway – Call For Bloggers

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I just learned about Essio Shower, a product which turns your shower into a spa with aroma therapy.  The product sounds right up my alley!

The first 100 bloggers to sign up for their October giveaway will receive a product to review.

If this sounds cool to you, go over and sign up!

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Party Time Clean Up with Cascade

This review was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Cascade. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% mine. #cascadeshiningreviews 

Party Time with Cascade

With the fall season fast approaching, it is time to start thinking about football parties and holiday parties.  I enjoy cooking for these events, but I hate the the clean up, and I’m sure I’m not the only one.  Cascade is here to make party clean up easier! [Read more…]

What Makes You Great with Post Great Grains Cereal

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Post Great Grains Cereal for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Great Grains has nutrition you can see! Post Great Grains Cereal makes breakfast great by bringing whole foods and nutrition to your bowl with less processed ingredients like whole grain flakes from actual wheat berries, as well as real fruit and nuts.  And Great Grains carefully cracks or steams the whole wheat berry, which helps to lock in full flavor and nutrients.

Great Grains comes in several great varieties, which each have at least 30g of whole grains per serving. Here’s a list of what they have to offer:

– Great Grains Digestive Blend Berry Medley
– Great Grains Digestive Blend Vanilla Graham
– Great Grains Protein Blend Honey, Oats & Seeds
– Great Grains Protein Blend Cinnamon Crunch
– Great Grains Cranberry Almond Crunch
– Great Grains Crunchy Pecans
– Great Grains Raisins, Dates & Pecans
– Great Grains Banana Nut Crunch

This fall Post Great Grains Cereal is not only celebrating greatness with a bowl of cereal, they are also celebrating “What Makes You Great.”

They are challenging us to go on our social network channels and using the hashtag #GreatGrains tell everyone what makes us great!

Today as part of this challenge, I’m here to tell you what makes me great!

For starters, I’m a great wife to Gary and stepmom to Noah, as well as a great cat mommy to Rebel and Sugar.

I work very hard on my blog and shop in order to help provide for the family, and I also work hard in the house, cooking and cleaning, as well as organizing our household supplies and our schedules, running errands, helping with homework, and generally just being the household manager.

And I think I’m generally a sweet and easy going person.  I’m not perfect, but I do try really hard.  I put my heart and soul in to everything I do, and I always try to do the right thing.

Watch this video to see why other women think they are great:

 

Also, be sure to follow Great Grains on Facebook for product updates and other fun promotions.

I’d also love for you to comment on this post with answer to this question:  What makes you great?

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Getting It All Done with 5-hour ENERGY® Shots #ThisIsMySecret #CollectiveBias

Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.
5-hour ENERGY®

Are you a busy mom?  A working mom?  A blogging mom?  All 3?  If you are, I’m sure you’ve struggled from time to time, to get everything done.  I personally have a number of snacks that I enjoy to help keep me going, but when I need a quick pick me up in the form of a drink, I like 5-hour ENERGY® Shots.

This graphic shows just a few of the things that are keeping me busy this year:

getting it all done

Apart from keeping up my blog and Etsy shop, I have the cooking and cleaning to do, plus taking care of my husband, stepson, and baby cats.  Plus, this fall my stepson will be starting high school, marching band, and other activities!  Without a doubt, I’ll need all the extra energy I can get!

 5-hour ENERGY® shots fits perfectly in to my lifestyle.  I like the  ingredients and I also like it for the convenient serving size.  As someone who generally drinks any kid of beverage slowly, I really like the energy shot because I can actually drink it quickly (unlike other drinks which are 8 or even 16 ounces).

 Why should you choose 5-hour ENERGY® shots over other drinks and supplements?

  • 5-hour ENERGY® shots are a dietary supplement that contains a blend of B-vitamins, amino acids, and essential nutrients.
  • There’s zero sugar, carbs, or herbal stimulants.
  • Is four calories.
  • Contain caffeine comparable to a cup of the leading premium coffee.

5-Hour Energy at CVS

 

You can find 5-hour ENERGY® shots at your local CVS store. It is located in the aisle with other nutritional drinks and supplements.

At my store, a 2-pack of 5-hour ENERGY® shots are $5.29, while a 6-pack sells for $15.29, but right now participating retailers have a Buy One, Get One for 50% off deal on all 6-packs.

 

5-Hour Energy

I like to keep a 5-hour ENERGY® shots in a basket on my counter with other snacks.  I like to keep snacks on hand which are both healthy, energizing, and portable.  These include nuts, trail mix, and snack bars (granola bars, yogurt bars, fiber bars, and protein bars).

Moms Snack Basket

 And I like to keep some good kid-friendly snacks on hand too:  chips, popcorn, nuts, graham crackers, crackers & cheese, trail mix, and snack bars.

Kids Snack Basket

Connect: Follow 5-hour ENERGY® on Twitter and Facebook for product information, deals, and giveaways.

Giveaway!  Do you love 5-Hour ENERGY ® shots?  You could win a 6-month supply! To enter, use the Rafflecopter form below.
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No Purchase Necessary. The How Do You Use 5-Hour ENERGY® Products To Keep Up With Your Busy Summer Days Sweepstakes begins on 6/15/14 at 12:00 A.M. ET and ends on 7/31/14 at 11:59:59 PM ET. Legal residents of the 50 US/DC only. Void where prohibited. By participating you agree to the Official Rules.

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Our Extraordinary Kid

Do you have an extradordinary kid?  Thanks to the Stanford Children’s Health microsite, you can make a video showing your child how much you love them and how extradordinary you think you are.    All you have to do is fill out their form and upload your pictures, and you are done! You can also set your video to public or private.  Check out the link below to see mine!


Dear Noah
My Extraordinary Video


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Free Blogger Opp – Best Buy Giveaway

 

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Blogger Sign up!
 
 
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(2 code for $50 each, both can be used together online or at the store)

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-2 Free links with announcement (Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest)

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New York Life Celebrates Dads #KeepGoodGoing

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of New York Life for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

You’ve likely seen the commercials on television from New York Life, revolving around the theme of “Keep Good Going.”  These ads show little examples of people helping people in daily life.  The above video celebrates fatherhood and the the “Keep Good Going” theme.

Do you know a Stay-at-Home Super Dad?  Or do you know a working dad who should be recognized for the things they’ve done for their kids?  If so, New York Life invites you to share their stories.  Whether you have a great dad who supported your and taught you an important life lesson, or you, yourself are living the life of “super dad” tell us about it!

The video reminds me of my own dad. While he was unable to be a stay-at-home Dad, he was still very caring and supportive, and he taught me a lot of important life lessons.

When I was growing up, my dad worked in a plant.  While he could have found a job that paid more if he’d worked night shift, he found it was more important to be home with me at nights.  And when he wasn’t working at his job, his night job was doing the single dad thing.  From the time he got home from work, he stayed busy doing house work and yard work, as well as cooking, and running any household errands, but he always had time to help me with my homework and spend time with me.

Apart from the importance of family and hard work, my dad also taught me a lot about giving and helping others.  My dad was always there to help a family member or friend in need.  Whether he was carrying a pot of soup to a sick friend, taking medicine or food to my grandma, or mowing an elderly person’s yard, he has always been around to help anyone, even if they didn’t ask.

Learn more about how New York Life can help you and your family Keep Good Going

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